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Intussusception in adults: Review of 160 cases

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Abstract

Two important points should be remembered in treating intussusception in adults:

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    1. Malignancy is associated with intussusception much more frequently than was appreciated in earlier literature. It was associated with 24 per cent of cases of enteric intussusception and 54 per cent of all colonic intussusception in this report.

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    2. With this in mind, the treatment of choice for all types of intussusception in adults is resection without reduction whenever possible.

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From the Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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